The Anniversary Edition of Braid was originally announced almost four years ago, and originally meant to be out sometime in 2021. As such, the latest delay to Jonathan *****’s time-rewinding puzzle-platformer - which sees its date pushed back two weeks into the middle of next month - feels like a relative drop in the hourglass. Read more View the full article
As we get our first glimpses of Hades 2 and Slay the Spire 2, it's a good time to be a fan of roguelike games of all shapes and sizes. Cutting its way through the crowd is Lost Castle 2, a sequel to the 2016 co-op action roguelite that blends Castle Crashers-style combat with character, upgrade, and progression systems akin to those of Rogue Legacy and ***** Cells. Now, thanks to a new public playtest that's available as a free Steam demo, you and your friends can jump in and check out the latest developments ahead of its early access launch. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Rogue Legacy meets ***** Cells as new roguelike launches Steam playtest View the full article
As it scoops up ever more best game awards, the mighty Baldur's Gate 3 still has a few more tricks up its sleeve. Developer Larian Studios has already confirmed its intent to move on from the Dungeons and Dragons RPG to create something different next, but that doesn't mean it's done quite yet, with BG3 patch 7 promising a packed roster of updates so voluminous that the team is intending to run a limited beta prior to its launch. Among those are new, even more evil endings and official modding tools. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best RPG games on PC 2024 The 22 best Baldur's Gate 3 mods Try these games if you liked Baldur's Gate 3 View the full article
With hype levels for PS5-exclusive Stellar Blade reaching critical mass, K-pop star BIBI has joined forces with PlayStation for a tie-in song and music video named after the game’s heroine. BIBI, the K-pop sensation who placed second on the reality show The Fan, stars in the sultry music video for the song “EVE,” which just dropped today, less than one week from the game’s full release on April 26. View the full article
EA has revealed the first information on its upcoming racing game EA Sports F1 24. The game will be released on May 31, earlier than in previous years, and will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One and PC. The game’s main new feature is called EA Sports Dynamic Handling, and promises more a more realistic feel. Read More... View the full article
Apex Legends’ latest collection event was announced today, marking the return of a successful limited-time mode, Three Strikes. In Urban ********, which drops on April 23, players get another opportunity to tackle the fast-paced mode alongside the addition of a new asynchronous tournament system and a suite of streetwear skins. The new event comes with a familiar package of content for an Apex collection event, with a few unexpected twists. The Apex Rumble Beta is the most significant of these: a competitive experience where players can earn points against similarly skilled opponents to climb the leaderboard, before earning rewards based on their overall placement once a Rumble has concluded. View the full article
Cities Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order says that it is sorry for the current condition of the city building sequel, as it lays out plans to heal its relationship with the CS2 community. Purchasers of the first Cities Skylines 2 DLC, Beach Properties, will be refunded, and the pack itself will be available for free going forward. Likewise, owners of the Cities Skylines 2 Ultimate Edition will receive additional material, as Colossal Order affirms that its focus now is on repairing and rectifying the base CS2 game before releasing any further paid expansions. The release of the Bridges and Ports DLC has been moved to 2025, as Colossal Order explains how it plans to make CS2 into the "best city builder it can be." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Cities Skylines 2 mods Essential new Cities Skylines 2 mods transform traffic and simulation New Cities Skylines 2 DLC is literally the worst-rated thing on Steam View the full article
Growing tired of Rust? Is DayZ becoming a bore? Well, you’re in luck (or should I say duck). Duckside, a post-apocalyptic world survival game featuring ducks, is in open beta now, so you can get your feather friends together to try it out. Developer tinyBuild Riga bills Duckside as a “persistent world survival game” much like Rust or DayZ, but with ducks instead of people. The odd game features PvE, PvP, crafting and base building, with an “expansive” island to explore to collect the necessary resources (and ammo) you need to stay alive. Honestly, though, the main appeal is ducks in outfits. View the full article
Manor Lords isn't open for Early Access yet (that's scheduled for next week, April 26), but some lucky players have gotten a first look at the city-building and management game through early playtests, and some have already figured out one way to break the game... Read more.View the full article
Larian might have decided against making Baldur's Gate 4, but the studio is already hard at work outlining its next project. Or should I say, projects. In its latest community update shared on Steam, Larian revealed that in lieu of another Baldur's Gate sequel, it is currently developing two new projects... Read more.View the full article
Cities Skylines 2 DLC is being refunded and added to the base game for free after being “rushed out” in an unsatisfactory state. Mariina Hallikainen, the CEO of developer Colossal Order, and Mattias Lilja, the deputy CEO of publisher Paradox Interactive, apologised to players for the latest in a series of disappointments in a forum post published on Thursday. After Cities Skylines 2 was released for PC with various issues last October, Colossal Order said it was delaying the launch of DLC included in the game’s Ultimate Edition so that it could prioritise performance improvements and bug fixes. Read More... View the full article
The Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut PC requirements have been revealed. ******* Punch's samurai epic was previously a PlayStation exclusive, launching on PlayStation 4 in 2020 to extremely high critical acclaim, with a PS5 upgrade accompanying the Director's Cut release in 2021. View the full article
Of the many new components and items in the latest update to Palworld, players should be on the lookout to find the Ancient Technical Manual. This is because the Ancient Technology Skill Tree has some of the best items in the game, but players are often pressed to find Ancient Technology points to unlock them. However, there is a new way of earning them with the addition of the Ancient Technical Manual. View the full article
head of Manor Lords' early access launch on April 26, developer Greg Styczeń aka Slavic Magic wants to clarify what the city builder actually is and manage the expectations of prospective players. The game is currently the most-wishlisted title on Steam and, while this is a nice problem for any developer to have, it does mean anticipation is high, so Styczeń wants wannabe nobles to know what they're getting into... Read more.View the full article
A 2017 MOBA game has been revived with Gigantic: Rampage Edition, making some excellent changes, though not enough to make it feel like a revolutionary experience. Free-to-play games filled with microtransactions flooded the market over the last few years, which are thankfully nowhere to be found in Abstraction Games' third-person hero shooter. Instead, players receive a multiplayer experience with an impressive roster of quirky and unique characters for the same price other games may charge for a single character skin. View the full article
I'll front with you real quick, I've never played a game of Caravan. Apparently, neither have half the PC Gamer team, even the ones who sank hundreds of hours into Fallout New Vegas. It seems like there's a surprising lack of interest in the card game, or, according to a good chunk of the community, it is too stupidly difficult for its own good... Read more.View the full article
The Epic Games Store free games for the week of April 25 to May 2 are Industria and Lisa: The Definitive Edition. Epic Games Store users have new freebies to claim every week. Most of the time, Epic Games Store users are given plenty of advance notice when it comes to what free games they will be able to add to their digital libraries, but there are times when the launcher surprises users with an unexpected freebie. View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 has revealed a first look at what players can expect from Patch #7, and the key additions happen to be improved evil endings, as well as the launch of the game's official modding tools. Despite releasing in a stacked year defined by several major titles, Baldur's Gate 3 made history by winning Game of the Year at every major awards show. It brought the isometric RPG genre to a mainstream audience, and succeeded in living up to the tremendous legacy of Baldur's Gate 2. View the full article
Helldivers 2 players have managed to successfully defend against the Automaton invasion, so Super Earth (and the devs) are sending players to the other side of the galaxy and giving them a huge task to accomplish. The latest Major Order delivered to players this morning tasks the Helldivers with eradicating two billion Terminid bugs. This must be completed by Wednesday, April 23, although the Helldiver fleet is already well on their way to accomplishing that goal. View the full article
Larian Studios may have disappointed some players with the shock announcement its work with the Dungeons & Dragons franchise was over—but it certainly has something up its sleeve. Baldur’s Gate 3 won a plethora of accolades, becoming the first game to secure five major Game of the Year awards, but Larian Studios will not be making any DLC, nor will it take the reins on a sequel. View the full article
The next step in Helldivers 2’s ongoing Galactic War is here, and it’s just about the most straightforward yet: ***** bugs. Lots of bugs. Two billion to be exact. After the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter’s community successfully completed a Major Order to slow a significant Automaton invasion, Game Master Joel has turned players’ attention to the Terminid front with the biggest ***** order since the game’s explosive launch in February. Helldivers 2 players now have just under six days to ***** two billion Terminids. That sounds like a lot, but at the time of this article’s publication, with five days and 20 hours left to complete the major order, players had already hit 19.6% completion. That is, over 391 million bugs had already bit the dust. Based on this initial progress, it seems the community will complete the Major Order sooner rather than later. Has Joel underestimated the community’s willingness to come together to ***** up bugs? That seems unlikely. Perhaps Joel had decided to let the Helldivers 2 community ***** off some steam with an easygoing Major Order after what was a somewhat grueling battle against the Automatons and those pesky Factory Striders. Or perhaps Joel will pull a level and surprise us all by increasing the ***** count in response to our rapid progress. With Helldivers 2’s meta narrative, you never can tell what’s next. Speaking of the meta narrative, the in-universe explanation for this major order is worth highlighting. Super Earth has said the Automaton invasion has slowed, and that it must now take this chance to refill its E-710 reserves in order to stage a counter offensive. What’s Element-710? A precious resource Super Earth farms the bugs for. Perhaps read E-710 upside down if you’re wondering what Arrowhead is getting at here. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
The Rising Tide is the second DLC for Final Fantasy 16, and with it comes players’ toughest challenge, as it includes a few of the game’s most challenging bosses yet. There’s even a secret boss in Rising Tide, and this guide explains how to unlock it.Final Fantasy 16 The Rising Tide: How to unlock the secret Shadow Clive bossScreenshot: PC InvasionPlayers can unlock the Shadow Clive secret boss by achieving an S Rank on all stages in Kairos Gate and reaching the end. Kairos Gate is the newest addition to the Arete Stone, and becomes available after completing The Rising Tide questline.Once you achieve an S Rank on all stages and reach the end of Kairos Gate, a short cutscene will commence, bringing you to the secret boss. Unfortunately, the secret boss is a letdown and is pretty much a reskin of the regular Shadow Clive you encounter in the main story.How to get an S Rank in Kairos GateGetting an S Rank in Kairos Gate in Final Fantasy 16 boils ...View the full article
As you may know, the network this site belongs to is for *****. To help us with our impending separation from the ReedPop business we are detaching some systems and services from the ReedPop brand. One of those systems is our reader accounts system which powers profiles, comments, subscriptions, and newsletters on this very website. Read more View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian isn’t doing any DLC for the game, or a Baldur’s Gate 4, or anything to do with D&D in the near future. We know that. It's, uh, far too busy teasing the mysterious new things it is actually working on, and casually announcing that more stuff's going to be added to BG3 soon. Don't get your hopes up too much though, it'll be a while until we actually see those new things, especially the "very big RPG that will rule them all" that Swen Vincke's previously hyped up, which seems separate to what he's teasing this time. You know, much in the same way you'll have to wait to see what Wizards of the Coast will do with the Baldur's Gate IP going forwards. In its latest community update, number 26, Larian does a bit of BAFTA reflecting, lets us all know what the main headlines of the upcoming patch 7 for BG3 will be, and teases its future. ******, three birds, one stone - you can see why the studio netted pretty much every GOTY award known to man. After confirming that it won't be doing the stuff I mentioned it won't be right at the start of this article, the update offers a fun little statement from Larian founder Swen Vincke about what the studio's currently working on. Read more View the full article
As you may know, the network this site belongs to is for *****. To help us with our impending separation from the ReedPop business we are detaching some systems and services from the ReedPop brand. One of those systems is our reader accounts system which powers profiles, comments, subscriptions, and newsletters on this very website. Read more View the full article
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The Anniversary Edition of Braid was originally announced almost four years ago, and originally meant to be out sometime in 2021. As such, the latest delay to Jonathan *****’s time-rewinding puzzle-platformer - which sees its date pushed back two weeks into the middle of next month - feels like a relative drop in the hourglass. Read more View the full article